MLPA North Central Coast Regional Stakeholder Group - Work Group Draft
Options for an MPA Array and Draft MPA Proposals Generated Externally to
the NCCRSG Work Group Process (for initial review by the MLPA Master
Plan Science Advisory Team and Blue Ribbon Task Force)

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The North Central Coast Regional Stakeholder Group (NCCRSG) is the
primary source of alternative marine protected area proposals to the
MLPA Initiative Blue Ribbon Task Force; however, the MLPA Initiative is
an open, transparent process and others have submitted MPA proposals to
the task force and NCCRSG for review and consideration. Initial arrays
developed by the NCCRSG work groups and draft proposals submitted from
outside the NCCRSG work group process("external") will be analyzed by
the MLPA Master Plan Science Advisory Team and reviewed by the task
force for initial feedback.

Six initial MPA arrays have been developed by the NCCRSG and are
expected to be revised and further refined at future NCCRSG meetings: